Position: 18°25’05″N 64°36’35″W Having ordered our new windlass motor, we were stuck in the Virgin Islands until it arrived. Having successfully raised the anchor by hand with all my vertebrae intact, we left the US Virgins and headed over to …
Position: 18°25’48.8″N 64°26’40.7″W We take a visit to The Baths on Virgin Gorda. You can pick up a free mooring and swim or paddle into the beach there. The Baths are a natural wonder. Huge boulders form caves and pools …
Position: 18°21’05″N 64°34’39″W For the past few weeks we have hung around waiting for a replacement motor for our Lighthouse 1501 windlass. For the uninitiated, a windlass is a machine that raises your anchor so you don’t have to. Lighthouse …
Caution: This post contains a four letter word! Let’s begin with some quotes: “The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.” – Samuel Johnson “Marriage is one long conversation, chequered …
Position: 18°21’05.2″N 64°46’40.1″W The Backstreet Buccaneers take a hike on St. John. Along the way we stopped at a couple of ruined buildings of indeterminate age. 150 years ago the hills you see in the video were terraced and covered …
My chat with my friend Thomas was cut short today because I had to shoo away a large, bareboat catamaran that decided to anchor much too close to Aleta. One of the things I most appreciate about Thomas is his …
When we bought Aleta she came with a hardshell dinghy, a Teddington, purchased in New Zealand. The Teddington is an attractive vessel, but only suitable for one person with a small outboard. We found with two people that even with …
Position: 18°18’51.1″N 64°52’05.4″W A short tour about St. Thomas & Water Island as we head back out to St. John. We spent a good bit of time at Honeymoon Beach on Water Island and are happy to be on our …
Position: 18°20’40″N 64°55’09″W In the wee hours of the morning of our tenth day at sea the twinkling lights of St. Thomas appeared on the horizon. Then our cellphones sprang into life and we slowly reconnected with the outside world. …
